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FLORIDA. 



Winter Pleasure Tours 

UNDER THE PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED SYSTEM 

OF Till': 

Pennsylvania Railroad. 



SPECIAL TRAINS OF JTLLMAX \KST1BLLK DRAWING-ROOM 
SLKEPINC AND DINING CARS. 



SEASON Ol-" 1S92. / - 






J. R. WOOD, ■"••■ GEO. W. BOYD, 

General Passenger Agent. Assistant General Passenger Agent. 



Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, by 

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Conc;ress, at Washington, D. C. 






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Countless lakes and winding rivers, almost 

Lost in depths of green, 
Fairest flowers entwine to crown her, 

Florida, the Southern Queen \—SheUon. 



EAR after year Florida is becoming better known and more 
honestly appreciated. That American element, proverbial 
for its hurry and push, is also coming to realize in a meas- 
ure the utter uselessness of all work and little recreation, 
and is beginning to embrace the exceptional opportunities for 
pleasure, health, and untold mental profit from a sojourn 'neath 
the shade and warming sun of fair old Flora's land. 

Last winter was the red-lett«r season for Southern travel ; this 
year, every prognostication points to severe and cold weather, 
and in view of this fact, and of many applications already re- 
ceived, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces a series 
of winter and spring tours, to be conducted under the exclusive 
direction of its Personally-Conducted System, to Jacksonville, 
Florida. The company appreciates the popular sentiment ex- 
pressed by liberal patronage for past years in similarly arranged 

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tours, and promises to repeat the successful ventures of past 
seasons in this winter of 1892. 

No section like Florida has so much of pleasure and health in 
store for the tourist, and few points are drawn nearer the North 
by the development and marvelous transportation facilities of this 
present age. After a six months' consecutive business life, to the 
average American there comes an imperative demand for rest, 
and man and woman alike must throw off the dual yoke of toil 
and social obligations, and flee to radically new scenes, there to 
absorb the subtle influence which change imparts preparatory to 
entering again the arena of a season of renewed activity. 

The arrangements perfected by the Pennsylvania Railroad are 
much more comprehensive and complete than ever before, and 
present a rare opportunity for recreation and pleasure at what is 
highly essential, desirable dates. 

THE DAYS OF STARTING AND RETURNING. 
A series of six tours from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
Washington, and other principal points on the Pennsylvania Sys- 
tem is fixed for the following dates : — 
Tuesday, January 19TH, 1892. 

Tuesday, February 2D, 1892. 

Tuesday, February i6th, 1892. 

Tuesday, March ist, 1892. 

Tuesday, March 15TH, 1892. 

Tuesday, March 29TH, 1892. 

The first five tours will each admit of a visit of two whole 
WEEKS in the flowery State, and the returning parties will leave 
Jacksonville for home on the dates following : — 
First Tour, Thursday, February 4th. 

Second Tour, Thursday, P'ehruary i8th. 
Third Tour, Thursday, March 3D. 
Fourth Tour, Thursday, March 17TH. 

Fifth Tour, Thursday, March 3 ist. 
Tickets for the .Sixth Tour are valid for return until May 
30TH, 1892, by regular trains. 

The period allowed is amply sufficient to admit of a thorough 
tour of all the interesting places in the Peninsula. 



WHAT '"PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED" MEANS. 

The tours will be conducted under the supervision of the Tour- 
ist Agent and Chaperon of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 

Undoubtedly one of the most original and highly satisfactory 
creations of the Pennsylvania Railroad is the inauguration of per- 
sonally-conducted tours under the supervision and direction of a 
Tourist Agent and Chaperon. The former, a man of broad ex- 
perience, makes all arrangements that may be required, has a 
perfect knowledge of all routes, attends to the prompt forward- 
ing of the train, and in every way looks to the comfort and en- 
joyment of his fellow-travelers. 

The Chaperon, entirely an original conception of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad, has especial charge of ladies, particularly those 
unaccompanied by parents or escort, and also invalids, minister- 
ing to their necessities and needs in a most intelligent manner, as 
experience has thoroughly educated iier in the intricacies of rail- 
way travel and usage. 

In the Chaperon the ladies find both a companion and guide. 
While furnishing all information that one could wish, and looking 
with watchful eyes after the comfort and pleasure of those in her 
charge, the Chaperon also stands to unescorted ladies in the exact 
relation that her title implies. 

MARKED FEATURES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TOURS. 

The marked success and popularity of the Pennsylvania Tours 
to Florida is due to several causes. The complete appointment 
of the special trains, the liberality of the rate and the return limit 
of tickets, are features that have attracted the traveling public ; but 
the most popular characteristic of these, as well as other tours of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, is the freedom of movement 
allowed the tourists after their arrival at destination. No fixed 
programme is set for them in Florida, but having arrived at Jack- 
sonville they are at perfect liberty to dispose of their time as they 
see fit. They may travel over the State individually or in small 
parties, may stop wherever they choose and stay as long as is desir- 
able, only keeping in view the return date, and arranging their 
migrations so as to be in Jacksonville in time to take the special 
train for home on the date fixed for its departure. This plan 




imposes no compulsory conditions as to their movement on the 
tourists, and at the same time secures to them all the benefits 
of the personally-conducted system. 

HOW THE TOURISTS TRAVEL. 

Each party will be transported from New York to Jackson- 
ville in "a special train of Pullman Vestibule Sleeping and Dining 
Cars. The train will be in direct charge 
of the Tourist Agent, who, aided by the Chap- 
eron, will relieve the tourists of all the inci- 
dental cares of a long trip. The train 
will run through on a fast schedule in 
both directions. The route lies over the 
Pennsylvania Railroad to Quantico, the Rich- 
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail- 
road to Richmond, the Atlantic Coast Line 
to Ashley Junction, the Charleston and Savan- 
nah Railway to Savannah, and the Savannah, 
Florida and Western Railway to Jacksonville. 
The returning party will travel by the same route. The dining- 
car feature is a most desirable one, and cannot fail to engage 
the appreciation of all travelers, insuring, as it does, comfort- 
able meals at regular hours with ample time to enjoy them. All 
the meals necessary en route will be served in the dining car, 
the expense of the same being covered by the price of the tickets. 
Hours observed for meals will be : — 

Breakfast 7.30 to 8.30 A. M. 

Luncheon 12.3010 1.30 P. M. 

Duuier 6.30 to 7.30 P. M. 

THE RATES AND CONDITIONS OF THE TICKETS. 

The excursion tickets for these tours will be sold from New 
York at I50.00, Philadelphia I4S.00, and from other stations named 
on other pages in this pamphlet at the rates there quoted. The 
price of the tickets includes railway transportation, Pullman 
sleeping-car accommodations (one berth), and meals en route in 
both directions while traveling on the special train. The tickets 
will be accepted for passage only on the special train. They 



must be used for the return trip only on the special train ap- 
pointed to leave Jacksonville on the date fixed for the return 
of the particular tour in question, except that as stated on 
page 4 tickets for the sixth tour will be valid returning by regular 
trains until May 30th, 1892. Tiiese tickets cover Pullman ac- 
commodations (one berth) and meals on going trip only ; nothing 
but transportation is included returning. 

The tourists, upon reaching Jacksonville, will be left to pur- 
sue their own course until the return date, when they will take the 
special train at that point for the homeward trip. 

Baggage should be checked through to Jacksonville via the 
Atlantic Coast Line. 

The company reserves the right to attach special cars to regu- 
lar trains, if, from any cause, the number of the party should be 
too small to warrant the running of a special train. 

A SUGGESTION. 

The number of persons for which accommodations can be pro- 
vided on a special train of Pullman drawing-room cars is neces- 
sarily limited. For these tours it is fixed at one hundred and fifty. 
It is prudent, therefore, that those who desire to join the party 
should make early application for tickets, and register their names 
for sleeping-car accommodations. 

Tickets may be secured at the ticket offices of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company in Boston, New York, Jersey City; Newark, 
Elizabeth, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Wash- 
ington, and the other stations from which rates are quoted, or 
by addressing Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, 233 South 
Fourth Street, Philadelphia, 849 Broadway, New York, or 205 
Washington Street, Boston. 

ROUND-TRIP RATES. 

Round-trip tickets, including railroad fare, sleeping-car accom- 
modations, and meals en route in both directions while on the 
special train, will be sold to Jacksonville at the following rates. 
The tickets fire good for use only on the special trains on the date 
named on the ticket, except that from points on this company's 
lines not reached by the special, regular trains making close 



connection with the special may be used. The connection with 
the special should be made in every case at the nearest available 
station. As previously stated on pages 4 and 6, tickets for sixth 
tour are available for return by regular trains until May 30th, 1892, 
and cover nothing beyond transportation on the return trip. 
Tickets for use of children between 5 and 12 years will be sold 
at two-thirds of these rates. 



Altoona, Pa $50 65 

Atlantic City, N. J 49 00 

Auburn, Pa 50 00 

Baltimore, Md 48 00 

Bellefonte, Pa., via Tyrone ... 51 00 

Belvidere, N. J 50 00 

Birdsboro, Pa 49 95 

Blairsville, Pa 51 95 

Bloom Ferry, Pa 49 60 

Bordentown, N. J 49 00 

Bridgeton, N.J 49 00 

Bristol, Pa 48 60 

Bryn Mavvr, Pa 48 00 

Burlington, N.J 48 60 

Cambridge, Md 49 50 

Canandaigua, N. V 53 00 

Cape May, N. J 49 00 

Catawissa, Pa 49 5° 

Centreville, Md 49 00 

Chelten Avenue, Pa 48 25 

Chestnut Hijl, Pa 48 40 

Chester, Pa 48 00 

Clayton, Del 48 45 

Clearfield, Pa 51 15 

Coatesville, Pa 48 00 

Columbia, Pa 48 00 

Conewago, Pa 48 00 

Connellsville, Pa 53 00 

Conshohocken, Pa 48 50 

Corry, Pa 54 25 

Dover, Del 48 50 

Dovvningtown, Pa 48 00 

Delmar, Del 49 00 

Driftwood, Pa 51 65 

Elizabeth, N.J 49 75 

Elkton, Md 48 00 

Elniira, N. Y 51 55 

Emporium, Pa 52 05 



Erie, Pa $55 00 

Felton, Del 48 75 

Frackville, Pa 50 00 

Frankford, Pa 48 15 

Frankford, Del 49 10 

Freehold, N.J 50 00 

Greensburg, Pa 52 35 

Georgetown, Del 49 00 

Germantown, Pa 48 25 

Germantown Junction, Pa. ... 48 15 

Glassboro, N. J 48 50 

Hamburg, Pa 50 00 

Harrington, Del 49 00 

Harrisburg, Pa 48 00 

Havana, N. Y 51 95 

Havre de Grace, Md. 48 00 

Horse Heads, N. Y 51 65 

Huntingdon, Pa 49 95 

Irvineton, Pa 53 80 

Jamesburg, N.J 49 75 

Jersey City, N. J 5000 

Johnstown, Pa 51 40 

Kane, Pa 53 10 

Lanibertville, N.J 49 25 

Lancaster, Pa 48 00 

Latrobe, Pa 52 15 

Lewistown Junction, Pa 49 25 

Lock Haven, Pa 5° 5° 

Long Branch, N.J 50 00 

Mt. Carmel, Pa 49 65 

Mt. Union, Pa 49 70 

Manayunk, Pa 48 25 

Media, Pa 48 00 

Merchantville, N.J 48 25 

Middletown, Del 48 25 

Middletown, Pa 48 00 

Milford, Del 49 00 

Millville, N. J 4900 



Milton, Pa $49 35 

Moorestown, N. J 48 5° 

Mount Holly, N.J 48 60 

Mount Joy, Pa 48 00 

Muncy, Pa 49 73 

Naiiticoke, Pa 50 25 

Nescopec, Pa 49 §5 

Newark, N.J 50 00 

New Brunswick, N. J 49 25 

New Castle, Del 48 00 

New York, N. Y 50 00 

Norristown, Pa 48 65 

Northuinherlanri, Pa 49 ',5 

Ocean Grove, N.J 50 00 

Parkesburg, Pa 48 00 

Penn Yan, N. Y 52 45 

Perryvillc, Md 48 00 

Philadelphia, Pa 48 00 

Phillipsburg, N.J 49 ys 

Phoenixville, Pa 49 1.5 

Pittsburg, Pa ,S3 00 

Poltstown, Pa 49 60 

Pottsville, Pa 50 00 

Princeton, N.J 49 25 

Railway, N. J 49 5° 

Reading, Pa .50 00 

Red Bank, N.J 50 00 

Renovo, Pa 51 10 

Ridgway, Pa 52 65 



Riverside, Pa $49 35 

Riverton, N. J 48 50 

Salem, N.J 49 00 

Schuylkill Haven, Pa .50 00 

Seaford, Del 49 00 

Shamokin, Pa 49 5° 

Sheffield, Pa ,53 43 

Shenandoah, Pa 30 00 

Stanley, N. Y ,S2 75 

St. Clair, Pa 50 00 

St. Mary's, Pa 52 45 

Sunbury, Pa 49 10 

Trenton, N.J 49 00 

I'roy, Pa 5t 03 

Tulpohocken, Pa 48 25 

Tyrone, Pa 3° 33 

Uniontown, Pa 53 "o 

Vineland, N.J 49 00 

Warren, Pa 53 7° 

Washington, D. C 48 00 

Watkins, N. Y 52 00 

West Chester, Pa 48 00 

Wilcox, Pa 52 95 

Wilkesbarre, Pa 5° 35 

Williamsport, Pa 5° 00 

Wilmington, Del 48 00 

Wissahickon Heights, Pa. . . . 48 25 

Woodbury, N.J 48 3° 

York, Pa 48 00 



EXTRA PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS. 

As previously stated, these rates include one double bertli 
in .sleeper, but in case extra Pullman accommodations are desired 
a limited number of persons can be furnished therewith at the 
following additional charges for the round trip :— 

I'"or etitire section occupied by one person $13 00 

P'or drawing-room occupied by one person 35 00 

For drawing-room occupied by two persons 22 00 

For drawing-room occupied by three persons 9 00 

It should be borne in mind that the above are the ioArl addi- 
tional charges, so that in the case of drawing-room occupied by 
two persons the per capita charge is |ir.oo, and when occupied 
by three persons the per capita charge is I3.00. 



Itinerary in Detail. 

pLiORiDA Tours. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

January 19th ; February 2d and i6th ; March 1st, 15th, 
and 29th, 1892. 



Leave New York (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 

" Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 

" Jersey City (via Pennsylvania Railroad) 
" Newark " " 

". Elizabeth 
" Trenton 

" Philadelphia " " 

" Wilmington, Del. " " 

" Baltimore " " 

" Washington (via Pennsylvania and Richmond 
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroads) . 

Leave Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) .... 

Arrive Weldon " " .... 

Leave Weldon (via Atlantic Coast Line) .... 



Eastern Time. 
9.20 A. M. 

9.00 " 

9-33 

9-47 " 

9-57 " 
10.52 
12.05 P- M. 

12.43 " 
2.20 

3-35 P. M. 

7-30 " 
10.08 " 
10.18 " 



January 20th; February 3d and 17th; March 2d, i6th, and 30th. 

Eastern Time. 

Arrive Wilmington (via Atlantic Coast Line) 3.06 A. M. 



Leave Wilmington 
Arrive Florence 
Leave Florence 



Leave Savannah (via Sav., Fla. and West. Railroad 
Arrive Jacksonville " " " 

All meals en route will be served in the dining car 



3-28 " 
6.44 " 

6.59 " 

Central Time. 

12.45 P- M. 

6.00 " 



NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February 4th and i8th ; March 3d, 17th, and 31st, 1892 ; tickets 
on tlie last tour being valid for return until May 30th, 1892. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Sav., Fla. and West. Railroad), 7.00 A. M. 



February 5th and rgth, March 4th and iSth, and April ist, 1892. 

Eastern Time. 
Leave Richmond (via Rich., Fred, and Pot. Railroad), 7.30 A. M. 
Arrive Washington (via Pennsylvania Railroad) . . . 11.30 " 



Baltimore ' ' 
Wilmington, Del. 

Philadelphia " 

Trenton " 

Elizabeth " 

Newark " 

Jersey City " 
New York 
Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 



12.40 P. M. 

2.22 " 

3- 05 " 

4.07 " 

5.10 " 

5.20 " 

5-33 " 
5-43 

6.20 " 



All meals en route will be served in the dining car 



STAFF OF THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT. 



Tourist Agents : 

Colin Studds, 

J. P. McWilllams, 

Thomas Purdv. 



Chapt'i oils : 

Mrs. H. F Bender, 
Miss E. C. Bingham, 
Miss Zerelda W. Beaty. 



As the tourists will be left at Jacksonville to follow the bent of 
their own inclinations, a few brief sketches of the principal cities 
easily accessible from Jacksonville are appended for their guidance . 



FLORIDA AND ITS ATTRACTIVE POINTS. 




S a great health resort Florida stands to Americans in the 
same relation as the Riviera does to all Europe. It 
presents, however, a greater diversity of attractions than 
the land washed by the waters of the blue Mediterra- 
nean. To the invalid it promises hope and renewed 
strengtii ; to the tourist it oflfers 
all the rich beauty of the semi- / ^ 

tropics and the teniptm- ' ' 

products of a fertile soi 
warmed by radiant sun- 
light; to sportsman and 
angler it yields a boun- 
tiful return in game 
and fish ; and to the 
devotee of fashion it \^ 
presents great hos- 
telries, where the 
best representatives 

of American society |W \\ \ X ^ ulnle away the 

hours in luxurious Mi ease. Since Ponce de Leon dis- 
covered beneath W the tropical skies of Florida the 
fountain of perpet- ual youth, a grand army of explor- 

ers in pursuit of that greater treasure than gold— health— have 
followed the way blazed by the romantic Spaniard, and found 
under the same skies the object of their quest. 

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The climate, of course, renders all this possible, and while that 
element is not absolutely perfect it is so equable, so genial, and 
so gently tempered as to be enjoyable to weak and strong alike. 
The temperature is bland, but not enervating, the skies are gen- 
erally bright, flowers bloom and fruits ripen while Northern lati- 
tudes are clothed in snow, and there is a spring-like flavor in the 
atmosphere that makes open-air exercise exhilarating. To the 
invalid it is indeed a land of promi.se. Those suffering from pul- 
monary and kindred affections secure a new lease on life, while 
those prostrated with mental or physical weakness from any cause 
cannot fail to find in the balmy breezes, crisp air, and picturesque 
landscape a forgelfulness of their ills. Bright skies and fresh air 
invite an outdoor life, and exercise brings in its wake appetite, 
sleep, and new strength. 

Apart from its climatic advantages Florida is rich in attractions 
for the general traveler. The beauty of a region located almost 
beneath a tropical sun, with its blooming plants and rank vegeta- 
tion, its orange groves, and its forests of pine and live oak, can- 
not fail to enlist the interest of every lover of nature. The world 
presents no parallel to the steamer ride on the St. John's and the 
Ocklawaha, while a sail on the placid waters of the Indian or 
Halifax Rivers, with their banks crowned with orange groves, is 
a pleasure long to be remembered. 

The angler finds waters inhabited by all manner of fish, from 
the gamey trout to the princely tarpon, while the facilities for boat- 
ing and sailing are unexcelled. The gunner, too, in the " hum- 
mock lands" may indulge liis appetite for sport in Inmting 
game that ranges in species from quail and wild turkey to 
deer. The artist will find much to engage his attention in land- 
scape, water, and sky, and the scientific explorer may revel in 
almost any field of research, while last but not least in impor- 
tance the seeker after health finds here the garden spot of his 
imagination. 

Hotels of all classes are abundant. The magnificence of the 
Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine lures many pleasure seekers to 
accommodations within its walls, and from the luxury of this pal- 
ace down to the humble roof of the lodge in the wilderness one 
may secure shelter and sustenance suited to his tastes or the con- 
dition of his exchequer. 



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ALONG THE HALIFAX RIVER. 



In the following pages brief descriptions of the most prominent 
points of interest are given, with timely information concerning 
them. 

There are so many points to which excursionists may be 
projected from Jacksonville and St. Augustine, that the enumer- 
ation of them would require far more space than the limits of 
this pamphlet can afford. A few brief notes, however, may be 
of service to the tourist. 



JACKSONVILLE. 

1075 miles from New York. 

Now the terminus of the tourists' journey from the North is 
reached as the vestibule Pullman train halts after its long run 
through the living fields of the New South to the doorway of those 
mysteriously fascinating scenes of sub-tropical growtii and life in 
Flora's land. From a scattering few explorers, who landed from 
their frail crafts and cut away through the tangled mass which 



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so eflFectually fringed the banks of the beautiful lake-like river of 
St. John's, and erected their rude shelter on a soil whose richness 
the like of which they had never seen, sprung the first life to 
what has grown into this wonderful metropolis of Jacksonville, 
one of the most important cities, from a commercial and social 
standpoint, in the South. 

It is to-day the great distributing centre from which hosts of 
travelers pouring into the laud branch out to the numberless 
places of interest in every direction. The city is situated on the 
St. John's River, twenty-five miles west of the ocean. The river 
at this point is nearly twenty-four hundred feet wide, and as the 
town is located on a curve of its wide banks the water front 
is extensive and the uninterrupted view superb. The city is 
laid out in wide aveimes, shaded with grand live oaks ; rare 
flowers and shrubbery of the tropics adorn the ground sur- 
rounding villas and hotels, and the sweet perfume of buds 
and blossoms permeates the air. On the land side the wide 
boulevards and smooth shell roads afford fine drives, while the 
waters of the river and bay invite boating and yachting. The 
wharves are very extensive, and the commerce by ships spreads 
over ocean and river. 

An interesting feature of the city is tlie permanent Sub-Tropical 
Exposition. The extensive and handsome grounds and buildings 
occupy an eligible site within the corporate limits. The display 
is designed to cover all the tropical products of the United States, 
the West Indies, the Bahamas, and Mexico. The exhibition is 
open during the season, and one may see there a vast collection 
of the prolific and varied productions of the tropics artistically 
exposed to view. 

The hotels of Jacksonville are numerous. Some are very hand- 
some structures, and all offer good entertainment. 

PRINCIF.VL HOTELS. 

_, P ■ ( American plan. Hotel Togni f2.oo per day. 

ar e on . . . . I ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ James Hotel .... I4.00 per day. 

The Duval . . I300 to $4.00 per day. ,p^^ Travelers $3-00 per day. 

The Glenada $3-00 per day. vVindsor Hotel Special rates. 

Hotel Oxford $4.00 per day. ^he Everett f3oopcrday. 

American and European plan. 



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ST. AUGUSTINE. 

37 miles from Jacksonville. Reached by the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West 

Railway ; or Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway; 

or boat on St. John's River to Tocoi, and thence by 

rail, 14 miles, to St. Augustine. 

Next in point of interest if not of importance to Jacksonville is 
St. Augustine, tlie oldest town in America. The city was founded 

A by the Spaniards centuries ago, and many of the 
present inhabitants are descendants of the origi- 
nal grandees. It savors yet decidedly of 
■ the Spanish, and the quaint, old, balco- 

^ * nied houses, narrow, winding streets, the 

ruins of the old walls, and the city 
gates, combine to form an old- 
world picture strangely in con- 
trast with the newness of to-day. 
The natural advantages of St. 
Augustine are many. It 
enjoys a well-founded 
reputation for health- 
fulness, and possesses 
a magnificent beach, on 
which sea-bathing may 
be indulged in from the 
year's beginning to its 
end. Its grand possi- 
bilities have attracted 
tiie attention of capitalists, 
who have erected three 
of the most superb hotels 
in the world. These pal- 
aces, the Ponce de Leon, Cordova 
(originally christened Casa Monica), and 
Alcazar, are built of coquina, a curious 
shell formation. The architecture is 
Spanish Renaissance and Mooresque ; the decorations and orna- 
mentations are wrought in the same spirit, and the furnishing is in 
keeping with the skill which designed and the taste that executed 




PONCE DE LEON GATEWAY, 
ST. AUGUSTINE. 



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the grand piles. They have no equals in the world, and yet they 
harmonize most happily with their antique surroundings. Other 
attractive features of the old town are the sea wall, the old slave 
market, the Huguenot Cemetery, the Plaza de la Constitution, and 
the Castle of San Marco, now become Fort Marion. The comple- 
tion of the handsome new bridge over the St. John's River at Jack- 
sonville renders St. Augustine far more accessible than formerly. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Ponce de Leon Hotel. . $5.00 per day. Hotel Cordova J5. 00 per day. 

The Alcazar $3-5o per day. Hotel San Marco .... $4.00 per day. 

American House . . . . I1.50 per day. TheSanSalvador,f2.5otof3.ooper day. 

Carleton Hotel fo. 00 per day. Magnolia Hotel . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 

Cleveland House, |2. 00 to $2.50 per day. Ocean View Hotel . . . I3.00 per day. 

Florida House . $2.50 to $4.00 per day. Pasade la Plaza Hotel . . Special rates. 

Hernandez Hotel, f2.ooto $2.50 per day. The St. George Special rates. 

TALLAHASSEE. 
165 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

This capital of the State has much to be very proud of It is 
beautifully built on a iiigh elevation, and the design of the broad 
streets and avenues, shaded with evergreens and live oaks, and 
the bountiful and luxurious growth of flowers and shrubs, make 
it a veritable garden spot. Like almost all of its sister Southern 
cities, in its annals is interwoven romantic and heroic history, and 
like them also are innumerable places and points of interest to be 
visited. 

Here is the Lafayette Land Grant, and the noted lakes 
swarming with ducks and brant. The Murat residence, and 
the grave of Prince Achille Murat, son of the King of Naples, 
and a thousand and one places, may be visited and enjoyed 
to the profit of the tourist. Among these is the celebrated 
VVauklilla Spring, fourteen miles south of the city, reached by 
carriage or saddle, and which is the rival in area and depth to the 
great Silver Spring near Ocala. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Baldwin House I2.00 per day. I St. James Hotel . |2. 50 to J3. 00 per day. 

New Leon Hotel .... I3.00 per day. ' 



FERNANDINA. 



36 miles from Jacksonville via Jacksonville Branch of the Florida Central 
and Peninsular Railroad. 

HIS old Spanish town was founded in 1632 
b} the Countess of Egmont, who essay- 
ed the culture of indigo here upon 
ci large scale. The new town, 
ibout a mile and a half from 
Old Fernandina, where was 
witnessed some of the most 
thrilling scenes of block- 
ade-running during the 
Civil War, has sprung up 
on Amelia Island, at the 
mouth of the river of 
same name. It is a port 
of entry, and the broad, 
protected body of water 
forms excellent facilities 
for yachting and the best 
of harbors. Its avenues are bow- 
ered by oak and orange, and the 
beach drive is twenty miles in length. 
Several points of interest are close by, one the 
estate of "Dungeness," the old home of the rev- 
olutionary hero, Nathaniel Greene, granted him 
by the State of Georgia for services rendered 
his country, and now the princely winter home 
of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the great iron-master ; 
another, Cumberland Island, seven miles by rail or steam yacht 
across the sound, and one of the most noted fishing and sport- 
ing grounds in the State. 

Innumertible are the minor points of interest to be found in 
and near this mother city of Spanish birth and its new-born 
American child, Fernandina. 





PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
I2.00 to I4.00 per day. Strathmore Hotel 



Egmonl Hotel 

Florida House I2.00 per day 



Special rates. 



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FORT GEORGE ISLAND. 

25 miles by boat from Jacksonville. 

This island is at the mouth of the St. John's River, and is a 
most beautiful and attractive spot, oflfering a number of romantic 
walks and drives through palmetto-shaded avenues and well- 
designed gardens. Tiie homestead and negro quarters of what 
was once an ideal plantation are still standing. The famous jetty- 
works of the St. John's are hard by and well worth a visit in them- 
selves. The fishing and sailing are fine and the ocean view some- 
thing superb. Mayport, just across the picturesque bay, is reached 
from Jacksonville by rail, or Fort George Island by boat, and is 
celebrated for its great, white sand hills and commanding locality. 

rRINCIP.\L HOTEI. (Mayport). 
Buniside House Special rates. 

PABLO BEACH. 
17 miles from Jacksonville, reached by the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad. 

Directly on the Atlantic Coast, commanding a magnificent 
view and holding in its hand a deligiitfully tempered climate, is 




this seaboard resort of Jacksonville. It possesses one of the finest 
beaches in the world, forty miles long by about seven hundred 
feet wide. The hard, compact sand, pounded as smooth and pol- 
ished as a ball-room floor by the beating waves for years, affords 
a splendid drive and a bathing ground une.xcelled. The village 
is mainly a seaport sanitarium town, and aflfords every modern 
facility for the tourist or invalid. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Murray Hall .... $3.00 to I4.00 per day. | Ocean House .... Special rates. 



GREEN COVE SPRINGS. 

29 miles by rail or boat, reached via Western Railway of Florida or Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The wonderful Sulphur Spring, discharging 3000 gallons of 
water a minute, from which the place takes its name, is located 
in a handsome grove of live oaks draped with Spanish moss, in 
the midst of a wide expanse of surrounding magnolia forests. The 
grounds are attractively laid out in romantic walks and parks. 
The bathing pools are extensive, and the baths are commended 
not only to invalids but to all who enjoy a plunge into limpid 
and pellucid waters. Think of bathing in open air in December, 
and yet this is a common everyday enjoyment here. Governor's 
Creek is very close by, and its romantic windings present pictures 
of rare natural beauty while offering excellent boating facilities. 
Its transportation facilities are excellent. Three large piers jutting 
out into the St. John's afford convenient access to sea-going ves- 
sels and river craft of every kind, and no more fascinating scene 
could well be imagined than the light and shadow effects on water 
and land as the health-restoring sun sinks down after its faithful 
day's duty, leaving a wake of golden light on this beautiful winter 
resort. Excursions may be made by boat from here to Palatka. 
The romantic St. David's walk extends northward along the 
shore two miles through the forest to Magnolia and its fine hotel. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Clarendon Hotel . . . . $4.00 per day. I Riverside House, I2.00 to ;J2.50 per day. 
Morganza Hotel, #2.50 to $3.00 per day. St. Clair Hotel . $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 
Oakland Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. | 

LAKE CITY. 

00 miles Ironi Jacksonville. Reached via Florida Centratand Peninsular Railroad, 

Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, or Georgia 

Southern and Florida Railroad. 

Lake City is the capital of Columbia County ; it well warrants 
its appellation from its situation in the midst of a group of pretty 
lakes, virtually making it a modern Venice. The land is high and 
exceptionally healthy, and the city buildings are very handsome, 
prominent among which is the State Agricultural College. One 
may wander through miniature dells, intersected by sparkling riv- 



ulets, in and out among magnificent moss-laden oaks and sweet- 
scented magnolia, and amid flowers which fill the air with fra- 
grance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Central House Special rates. Thrasher House .... Special rates. 

Gee House Special rates. 

PALATKA. 

75 miles by boat, 56 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and 
Key West Railway. 32 miles from St. Augustine. 

This thriving and picturesque town has grown into its influen- 
tial life directly on the banks of the St. John's. It ranks next to 
Jacksonville as a winter resort, and is held in high favor with 
tourists. It is the centre of a large orange-growing district, and 
many of the most famous groves in the State are located in the 
vicinity. Hart's orange grove, covering seventy acres, is one of 
the oldest and most famous in the State, and is reached by boat 
from the foot of Main Street. Palatka is the county-seat of Put- 
nam, and the starting point for boat excursions on the Ocklawaha 
and Upper St. John's Rivers. Good shooting and fishing and 
bathing may be enjoyed. A favorite walk and drive is through 
the groves suburban to the city, which well deserve a visit, 
being among the finest in the State. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

The Berkshire $3.00 per day. Hotel Winthrop Special rates. 

Carleton House $2.00 per day. Putnam House $4.00 per day. 

Graham House . f2.oo to J2.50 per day. Saratoga Hotel . J3.00 to $4.00 per day. 

THE OCKLAWAHA. 

Starting-point, Palatka, 56 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

Surely a trip to Florida without a steamer ride up or down 
the Ocklawaha is not thoroughly complete, for it reveals a phase 
of tropical scenery peculiar alone to Florida. A succession of 
lagoons, lakes, springs, and swamps combine to form this winding 
river, the outlet of wiiich is at Welaka, twenty-five miles above 
Palatka. 

A night journey up this river is one that caimot be rivaled for 
weird and beautiful effects, as the pine torch headlight on the little 



steamer reveals masses of tangled jungle, networks of winding 
vines, moss, and fungi, awakening storks, cranes, herons, cur- 
lews, alligators, snakes, turtles, and thousands of wild inmates 
of nature's household. It will be as new and novel a sight to 
the traveler as ever experienced, and something never to be 
forgotten. 

Silver Springs, the crystal pool supposed to have been Ponce 
de Leon's fountain of perpetual youth, is reached via Silver 
Spring Run, a swift and pellucid stream ; from the springs Ocala, 
six miles di.stant, can be reached by a side trip, or the journey 
by the .steamer may be continued through a series of lakes. The 
return trip is taken by day, and is hardly less interesting than 
that of the night, or the passenger may return to Palatka by 
rail. 

ORMOND. 

120 miles from Jacksonville, on Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax 
River RaiHvay. 

This charming little town is located directly on the Halifax 
River ; it is noted for its delightful winter climate, and has gained 
a widespread reputation as the heart of the renowned Halifax 
River orange producing country. It has abundant resources for 
the amusement of every class of pleasure .seeker. The walks 
and drives among the oaks, palmettos, and orange groves are 
famous. There is also boating and fishing, and no lack of the 
tine fruits. The imhindered ocean surf beats upon a magnificent 
strand but half a mile from tiie hotel. Many beautiful winter 
cottages, occupied by Nortliern families, are ranged along the 
shore of Halifax River. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
The Ormond $4.00 per day. 

DAYTONA. 

57 miles from Palatka, via Jacksonville, St. .Augustine and ILalifax River Railwa> 
or Day Line Steamer on St. John's River. 

The run from Palatka is in a southeasterly direction and through 
the famous Hart orange grove, over hummocks, ridges, and rolling 
pine lands, and down into the cypress swamps of Volusia County. 
The town is built for about two miles along the west bank of the 



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Halifax River, its streets shaded with live oaks and stately pal- 
mettos. The ride from Palatka to this point is so varied one gets 
possibly <i better idea of the remarkable changes from highland to 
low, and the necessary variation in vegetation, than in any other 
similar ride in the State. Steamboats connect at this point for the 
Hillsborough and Indian Rivers. 

PRINCIPAL 
Fountain City Hotel . . 52.50 per day. 
Grand View Hotel . . . 51.50 per day. 
Halifax House 52.00 per day. 



HOTELS. 

Ocean View House, 

$2.50 to $3.00 per day. 
Palmetto Hotel, $2.00 to J2.50 per day. 




nAVTONA DRIVE. 



PONCE PARK AND MOSQUITO INLET. 
Few miles south of Daytona ; connection by steamer. 

Directly on the coast, a few miles south of Daytona, is Ponce 
Park, built in the inappropriately-named Mosquito Inlet, a noted 
resort for fishermen. The waters'of the inlet abound with bass, 
Spanish mackerel, bluefish, sheepshead, and various salt-water 
varieties. The beach here is filled with curious shells, and the 
sand is very compact and snow white. The old lighthouse, from 



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whose height an extended and unuiterrupted view may be had, is 
extremely picturesque. Excursions of all character emanate from 
this point, be they for boating, fishing, riding, or hunting. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Pacetti's Hotel I2.00 per day. 



NEW SMYRNA. 

21 miles from Lake Helen, via Atlantic and Western Railroad Company. Same 
connection from Jacksonville as for Lake Helen. 

Few people visiting New Smyrna understand that the first cul- 
tivation of this valuable and vast territory should be credited to 
an importation in 1767 of a number of Greek families. It was 
really the founding of a miniature Athens on American soil, and 
even to-day some of their descendants are still living in this 
neighborhood and in St. Augustine. It is a rich country and the 
favorite resort of the sportsmen. Interest attaches to the place 
owing to its being one of the oldest settlements in Florida ; here 
shell mounds and crude implements used centuries ago are found, 
and ancient Spanish constructions ; while the handiwork of the 
Greeks may plainly be distinguished. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Ocean House I3.00 per day. 



TITUSVILLE. 

158 miles southeast of Jacksonville, terminus of Jacksonville, Tampa and Key 
West Railway, and connection for all points on Indian River by steamer. 

It is to-day a growing and prosperous town. The famous 
hummock land extends for a distance of forty miles north of the 
residential portion, and is some of the most fertile soil in the State. 
Large sugar plantations and vegetable gardens convince the most 
skeptical as to fertility of the soil. To the left of the town is the 
dense, rolling, pine district, which has been utilized as a site for 
many a tasty home, and discloses reasons why so many with weak 
lungs and in search of health journey every winter to this metrop- 
olis of the Indian River. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Grand View Hotel . . . J2.50 per day. | Lund House f2.oo per day. 



THE INDIAN RIVER. 

The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway runs to Titusville, the head of 
the river, a distance of 158 miles from Jacksonville. 

Though 'tis near, so near old ocean, I 

Can hear his great heart-beat, 
Yet a golden bar divides us till far 

Down the coast we meet, 
Where the stately light-house flashing 

Sends its gleaming light afar. 
And the storm-tossed vessels welcome 

"Jupiter," the sailor's star. — Shelton. 

This river, so well known to people of the North, from the 
fame of the oranges growing on its banks, is in length one hun- 




dred and forty-two miles, and in many respects one ot the most 
remarkable and picturesque water-courses in Florida. From its 
head, a few miles above Titusville, to the southern extremity at 
Jupiter Inlet it winds in and through the wildest and most beauti- 
ful scenery in the State. Its width varies from one hundred 
feet at the narrowest point to three miles. The Indian River 



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Steamboat Company's boats make the run with intermediate 
stops, daily. 

On one side may be seen the high masts or trail of smoke 
of steamers passing on the ocean, and on the other a tangled 
mass of tropical vegetation, from which growth flocks of ducks 
and birds of gay plumage rise in flight as the steamer glides by. 




OLD JUPITER LIGHT. 



No conception ot this journey can be formed ; a round trip on 
one of these steamers will reveal scenes never to be forgotten 
in a lifetime. 



ROCKLEDGE. 

178 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Titusville, thence by boats of Indian River Steamboat Company. 

False Cape and Cape Canaveral throw their protecting arms 
far out into the sea, and shield the productive territory to the 
south from every chilly wind. It is in this sheltered nook that 
Rockledge has sprung into the prominent health and agricul- 
tural mart of to-day. It is the capital of the famous Indian River 
Country, world-renowned for its oranges, and little less celebrated 



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for the quantity and variety of its game. Undoubtedly it is one of 
the most dehghtful places in Florida. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Hotel Indian River . . . I4.00 per day. | Rockledge House .... $2.50 per day. 

LAKE WORTH. 

Reached by Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to Titusville, where 

steamer is taken down the Indian River to Jupiter, and thence 

via Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway to Juno. 

This beautiful lake is one hundred miles east and three hun- 
dred miles south of Jacksonville, and is twenty-five miles long 
by an average mile wide, separated by a thin strip of land from 




SHORE OF LAKE WORTH. 



the ocean. Along its shores for miles are cocoanut groves in full 
bearing, and some ot the most palatial dwellings in the midst ot 
tropical gardens of wondrous beauty reveal themselves as the 
steamer glides by on the bosom of this transparent sheet of water. 
The cocoanut industry has become an important one, and this 
region, being the home of the enterprise, has necessarily become 
very popular with those sojourning South during the winter 
months, for where the cocoanut grows no stronger assurance is 
needed for the desirability of soil and climate. Fruits and flowers 
of every description bloom and ripen on its banks. Bordering the 



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beach of Lake Worth are the towns of Juno, Oaklawn, Lake 
Worth, Pahn Beach, Figulus, and Hypoluxo. 

In reaching Lake Worth from the Indian River the traveler 
passes over the "celestial railway," starting at Jupiter and termi- 
nating at Juno, with Venus and Mars sandwiched between. The 
road is only eight miles long, but it reaches the stars. This is the 
most southerly railroad in the United States. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS (Lake Worth). 
Cocoanut Grove House . I3.00 per day. Oak Lawn House .... $2.50 per day. 
Lake Worth Hotel . . . $4.00 per day. 



HAWTHORNE. 

70 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

It is a thriving and prosperous village, situated in the centre 
of a rich section, being underlaid with a fine clay sub-soil, in 

places mi.xed with 
shell and marl, and 
especially adapted 
to the culture of the 
peach and orange. 

Particular inter- 
est attaches to the 
place as a health re- 
sort, and a few miles 
to the south are the 

Mammoth Orange 

Groves, 
of seventy thousand 
full bearing trees, 
which the train pass- 
es directly between 
for nearly a mile. 
Along tiiis dividing 
line between the two 
groves about twelve 
hundred of the finest 
trees had to be re- 
moved to make 

COCOA PALM AND ORANGE GROVE. 




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room for the construction of the railroad track. These are the 
largest natural groves in Florida, and are situated in the midst 
of a vast, rich hummock, flie trees being of natural, spontaneous 
growth, in the places where they now stand, grafted to the best 
sweet varieties. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Commercial Hotel $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 

GAINESVILLE. 

50 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Soulhern Railway. 

Gainesville has deservedly asserted itself as one of the most 
important interior towns in the State. Its population is nigh 
doubled in the winter months, from the number of Northerners 
seeking its warm, reliable climate. The advantages and con- 
veniences of a city may be enjoyed here while seeking health or 
pleasure. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Arlington Hotel, $2.50 to S3.00 per day. ; Rochemont House . . . $2.50 per day. 
Bayers Hotel $2.50 per day. ] St. Nicholas Hotel,?! .00 to $3.00 per day- 
Brown House $2.00 per day. ! 

WALDO. 

56 miles from Jacksonville, via P'lorida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

This interesting and growing town is the junction of the Cedar 
Key Branch, and is most beautifully situated. Near here is the 
oldest and largest orange tree in the State, which has borne ten 
thousand oranges in one season. Lake Alto and Santa F^ are 
but a few miles distant, affording a charming little excursion by 
steamer on the Santa Fe Canal. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Renault House $2.00 per da\. 1 Waldo House $3.00 per day. 

CEDAR KEY. 
127 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railway. 

Cedar Key, the terminus of a division of the line on which it is 
located, is a very popular resort for tourists and sportsmen. From 
a purely mercantile centre it has of late years grown into quite a 
winter retreat. Many and interesting are the side trips by steamer 



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from here for Tarpon Springs, Clear Water, Dunedin, Seaside, 
Yellow Bluff, Manatee, and Tampa. Sights well worth seeing are 
the diving for sponge and the cutting cedar for pencil manufacture, 
lathloe Island, a tropical garden, has also grown into prominence 
as a winter resort. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Bettelini House |2.oo per day. | Schlemmer House . . . f 2.00 per daj'. 

OCALA. 

72 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

It is a thriving and prosperous city, the county-seat of Marion, 
and the centre of one of the richest agricultural sections of the 

State, and is mani- 
festly destined to ri- 
val other points as 
the distributing point 
of the great orange 
belt. The city is 
well laid out and 
handsomely built, 
and one of the most 
influential in the 
State. In Decem- 
ber, 1890, the Na- 
tional Farmers' Alli- 
ance selected this 
town as the place 
to hold their annual 
convention. Near 
Ocala are extensive 
deposits of natural 
phosphates, now being worked by numerous companies at a 
great profit. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Central Hotel $2.00 per day. 1 Montezuma Hotel .... $2.50 per day. 

Magnolia House .... 52.00 per day. ! Ocala House ^3.00 per day. 

LEESBURG. 

106 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railroad. 
Leesburg is one of the olde.st commercial places in this section 
of the country. Its largest mercantile business is done with the 




A CRUISING SHARPIL.. 



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region lying about Lakes Harris and Griffin. It is built on a nar- 
row peninsula separating the two lakes named, whose shores are 
lined for long distances with what were once wild groves of or- 
ange trees, but are now fine, profitable, cultivated groves. As a 
winter resort it has long held an enviable reputation. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Grand Central Hotel . . $3.00 per day. 1 Lake View Hotel .... Special rates. 
Lake City House .... $2.00 per day. | Leesburg House . $2.00 to $2. 50 per day. 

SEVILLE. 

84 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The site of Seville is in the midst of the high, pine orange belt 
in the Fruitland Peninsula. It attracts and fascinates the eye of a 
Northerner at once with its distinctively characteristic houses and 
palm, orange, and lime trees with which the streets are lined. It 
fronts on two lakes of pure water, from which it draws its supply. 
Here are the noted groves of the wild or Seville orange, the the- 
ory being that the seeds for this remarkable growth were import- 
ed years ago by the Spanish. Saddle-horses and carriages may 
be engaged at the hotels, and drives of the most interesting nature 
enjoyed in and around a prosperous and highly-cultivated region. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Hotel Seville $3.00 per day. I Tlie Pavilion Special rates. 

The Grand View .... Special rates. I 

DE LAND. 

no miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tamjia and Key West Railway. 

De Land is a delightfully picturesque town, situated in Volu- 
sia County, on a pine elevation. It is completely belted in with 
extensive orange groves, and here the rich tropical productions 
thrive in abundance. As a winter resort it is held in the highest 
estimation, due to its peculiarly healthy surroundings and the 
vast border-lands of yellow pine, which exude their healing and 
soothing balm, so efficacious in nervous and lung troubles. All 
about this neighborhood are the most picturesque of lakes; on 
the shores of many are beautiftil residences and commodious ho- 



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tels. It is a favorite spot also for the sportsmen, deer, turkej-, 
wildcat being- found in abundance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

The Carrolton . $2.50 to I3.00 per day. I Putnam House . $2.00 to $3.00 per day. 
Floral Grove Hotel . . . $2.00 per day. Parceland Hotel, $2.50 to $3.00 per day. 



LAKE HELEN. 

9 miles from Blue Spring, via Atlantic and Western Railroad. Connection from 

Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, or 

St. John's River steamers to Blue Spring. 

Mainly a winter sanitarium, its chief popularity is due to the 
air of its piney woods, many preferring this to the more open 
and lieroic treatment of the coast. The lake is about sixty feet 
above the sea level, and is a beautiful sheet of water of great 
depth. Its banks are studded with handsome residences, and it 
shelters a colony who certainly get full enjoyment from life as 
captured in this delicious retreat. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Harlan Hotel . ^2.00 to $2.50 per day. | Granville House, $1.50 to |!2.oo per day. 



ENTERPRISE. 

123 miles from Jacksonville, reached by rail or boat — on the line of Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway. 

This point is a practical living proof of " Wiiat's in a name?" 
for it has the push, energy, industry, and active trade to justify 
its title. Its advantageous situation certainly has given it a pre- 
eminence over many other towns, as it is, like its neighbor San- 
ford, directly on Lake Monroe — one of the headwater bodies of 
the St. John's — and is likewise widely engaged in fruit cultivation. 
It is a particularly healthy situation, and a favorite one, while its 
orange groves supply manj' Northern markets. This is the end of 
navigation for the large steamers that come up the river from 
Jacksonville. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Brock House J4.00 per day. | Live Oak House . . . $2.00 per day. 



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SANFORD. 



125 miles via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, also reached by 
boat on St. John's River. 

Sanford is a very important railroad junction point as well as 
the centre of orange culture. It was originally a Spanish grant, 
and passed from hand to hand until 1870 when it was purchased 
by Gen. H. S. Sanford, through whose instrumentality a number 
of Swedish families were imported, and to their toil and industry 
the prosperity of the present community is largely due. The pict- 
uresque body of Lake Monroe, on whose shore it is partly built, 




\1 SANFORD. 

adds no small share to the general attractive features ot the place. 
It has long been held in tlie high estimation of Florida tourists 
and well warrants a visit. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Sanford House . $3.50 to I4.00 per day. I San Leon Hotel . $2.00 to $2.50 per day. 
Sirrine Hotel $2.00 per day. ' 



TARPON SPRINGS. 
120 miles from Sanford, via Orange Belt Railway. 

The Orange Belt Railway completely cuts the peninsula in two, 
running through it in a slightly southwesterly direction. Fore- 
most among the many attractive winter towns which have come 
into influential life along its line, is Tarpon Springs, a dozen 
stations from the road's terminus. The rapid clearing and build- 



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ingof this Soiitli Florida town would surprise some of the Western 
land boomers It has the advantage of situation, the warm winds 
from the Gulf waters, whose power, from all accounts, works 
wonders, and orange groves of number and great yield. It is 
distinctively an exclusive spot, where care has been exercised in 
building up a resort whose reputation is intended to last for more 
than a day. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Fernald Cottage $1.50 per day. Tropical House $2.00 per day. 

Tarpon Springs Hotel . . $3.00 per day. ' 

TAVARES. 

154 miles from Jacksonville. Terminus of Southern Division of Florida Central 
and Peninsular Railroad. 

Though exerting considerable influence as a railroad centre, 
yet it is distinctively the nucleus of the orange grove cultivation. 
At few points in the State could a better idea of this interesting 
culture be studied than here, and it ranks not among the least of 
its neighbors as a winter sanitarium, for the fresh vegetables and 
pure water supply are demands it can without trouble comply 
with. Numerous drives and pleasure jaunts present themselves 
for the amusement and benefit of the tourist. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Osceola House Special rates. | Tavares Hotel . $2.50 to $3.50 per day. 

WINTER PARK. 

143 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Sanford, and thence via South Florida Railroad. 

When one considers that this resort known to-day all over the 
States and abroad was in 1881 a complete wilderness, it shows 
with what rapidity towns and cities are born in this wonderful 
country of ours. It is a picturesque town, laid out in the shape of 
a Greek cross, bordering on the shores of a chain of pretty lakes. 
The region immediately surrounding is highly productive of or- 
anges. It is undoubtedly one of tiie best known and most higiily 
esteemed winter homes in tlie far South, being extremely pict- 
uresque and healtl)ful. Its magnificent residences, drives, and 
walks are encased in the richest of tropical growths, and for miles 



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these same residences border the banks of these lakes. The noted 
Seminole Hotel, built in the most artistic and modern style, is 
alive with the gayety and life of a migratory people under its rich 
and hospitable roof. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Seminole Hotel $4.00 per day. 1 Rogers House . $2.00 to I3.00 per day. 

ORLANDO. 

147 miles by rail or boat via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 

Sanford, thenee via South Florida Railroad to Orlando. 

4 miles south of Winter Park. 

Orlando is the county-seat of Orange County, and the centre 
of a fertile agricultural region, and for miles in every direction 
the mind and body may find pleasant diversion by new scenes 
and active recreation. It has the reputation, like many frontier 
towns, of springing into existence during a night, so rapid has 
been its growth. It is in the midst of a region charmingly diver- 
sified by beautiful lakes, whose borders are lined with groves 
surrounding elegant villas and cosy winter cottage homes of 
Northern residents who, living here, can appreciate in a measure 
the existence of Bacon's New Allaiitis. A chain of sixteen lakes 
in the vicinity furnish fine boating and shooting, and all kinds of 
supplies for hunting and fishing expeditions can be procured to 
good advantage in the city, as well as competent guides. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Arcade Hotel $2.00 per day. I San Juan Hotel 53.00 per day. 

Charleston House . . . J2.00 per day. | Summerlin House . . . $2.00 per day. 
Magnolia House .... I2.00 per day. I 



KISSIMMEE CITY. 

165 miles from Jacksoiivillo, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to 
Sanford, and thence via South Florida Railway. 

This picturesque city is situated directly on Lake Tohopeka- 
liga. Until several years ago it was comparatively cut off from 
all connection with the outside world, but its many attractive 
features were not long to be held " under a bushel," as the inves- 
tigating spirit of the American speculator soon made manifest by 
erecting large and comfortable hotels, and in many general ways 



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placing it in the ranks of Florida winter homes. A line of steam- 
ers run down the river to Lake Okeechobee, through the Caloos- 
ahatchee River to Punta Rasa on the Gulf. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Kissimmee House . . . $1.50 per day. 1 Tropical House, $3.00 to $4.00 per day. 
Lake House $2.00 per day. I 



TAMPA. 

249 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. 

The run from Jacksonville to Tampa is not without interest, as 
the passenger traverses Winter Park, Orlando, and the high pine 




ON TAMPA BAY. 



lands to the Kissimmee Lake district, and thence on to that fertile 
and productive country where tiie town stakes of Tampa were 
first driven. 

Here cotton, corn, rice, sugar-cane, orange, lime, lemon, ba- 
nana, and all the fruits of a tropical zone grow in profusion. Its 
seaport and mercantile value give it a prominent voice in all 
matters of State, and as a winter refuge it is not surpassed by 



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any point on the Gulf coast. The great Tampa Bay Hotel is the 
largest in the South, and is a marvel of luxurious appointments 
and lavish outlay. No adequate idea of its magnificent extent 
and beautiful surroundings can be 
given in print. Port Tampa, nine 
miles south of Tampa, is the terminus 
of the Plant System of Railroads. It 
is situated on the shores of Tampa 
Bay, and from its wharves the steam- 
ers sail for Havana and Jamaica. 
The " Inn " at Port Tampa is located 
immediately upon the long pier, and 
is a very agreeable stopping place 
en route to or from Key West and 
Cuba. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Tampa Bay Hotel. 

Booze House $2.00 per day. 

The Almeria S3.00 per day. 

City Hotel S2.50 per day. 

The Plant Hotel J4.00 per day. 

Tampa House S1.50 per day. 




PUNTA GORDA. 
268 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Southern Railway. 

Within easy reach of the most famous tarpon fishing-grounds 
on the coast is Punta Gorda, the most southerly railroad terminus 
on the Gulf coast. No more exciting sport exists than hooking one 
of these "game fish" — the tarpon. Up to five years ago this 
fish was never taken except by harpoon or seine, and to come 
down now and land it with a thin, silken thread line is certainly 
a deviation from the old school, and sport of no small account. 
If in two or three hours after taking the bait the angler lands 
his "prize" he is indeed fortunate. Here, at Punta Gorda, out- 
fits, guides, boats, and all necessary paraphernalia can be pro- 
cured at moderate prices. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

De Soto House S2.50 per day. I Hotel Southland .... $3.00 per day. 

Hotel Georgia $2. 00 per day. | Punta Gorda Hotel . . . J4.00 per day. 



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HIS list could be extended to great length, and then 
perhaps all the attractive places would not secure men- 
_ tion. The sketches are intended as brief introductions 
X to the most prominent places that typify the distinctive 
life and characteristics of this wonderful land, with its earth, 
air, and water forming nature's most perfect sanitarium, where 
thousands are restored to health and strength. Here it was the 
old Spaniard sought the fount of perpetual youth, and well 
he might. 

If the hand-book serves to direct the steps of tiie tourist 
into pleasant paths its purpose will have been achieved. 




TAMPA BAY HOTEL. 



^ INDEX. 



PAGE 

A Suggestion 7 

Cedar Key, F!a 29 

Daytona, Fla 22 

De Land, Fla 32 

Enterprise, Fla 33 

Extra Pullman Accommodations . g 

Fernandina, Fla iS 

Florida, descriptive matter . . . 12-14 

Fort George Island, Fla 19 

Gainesville, Fla 29 

Green Cove Springs, Fla 20 

Hawthorne, Fla 28 

How Tourists Travel 6 

Indian River, Fla 25 

Itinerary in Detail 10, 11 

Jacksonville, Fla 14 

Kissimmee, Fla 36 

Lake City, Fla 20 

Lake Helen, Fla 33 

Lake Worth, Fla 27 

Leesburg, Fla 30 

Marked Features of the Pennsyl- 
vania Tours 5 

New Smyrna, Fla 24 

Ocala, Fla 30 



PAGR 

Ocklawaha, Fla 21 

Orlando, Fla 36 

Orniond, Fla 22 

Pablo Beach, Fla 19 

Palatka, Fla 21 

Ponce Park and Mosquito Inlet, Fla. 23 

Punta Gorda, Fla 38 

Rates and Conditions of the Tickets, 6 

Round-Trip Rates 7 

Rockledge, Fla 26 

St. Augustine, Fla 16 

Sanford, Fla 34 

Seville, Fla 32 

Staff of Tourist Deparlnienl ... 11 

Tallahassee, Fla 17 

Tampa, Fla 37 

Tavares, Fla 35 

Tarpon Springs, Fla 34 

Titusville, Fla 24 

Tours to Golden Gate and Mexico . 41 

Waldo, Fla 29 

What Personally-Conducted .Means, 5 

Winter Park, Fla 35 

Yellowstone National Park Tours . 42 



Pennsylvania Tours 



GOLDEN GATE AND MEXICO. 

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This is the title of a handsome illustrated Itinerary just issued 
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, containing full informa- 




\TE PALMS, SAN DIEGO. 



tion as to how a personally-conducted tour may be pleasantly 
and profitably spent in California or Me.xico. The first tour 

(41) 



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leaves New York January 13th, and speeds directly to the Pacific 
Coast via St. Louis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and Santa Fe. 
The second tour, the Mexican, leaves February loth, running 
direct to the City of Mexico via Cincinnati, Mammoth Cave, 
Birmingham, Montgomery, and New Orleans, with incidental 
stops en route. The third, February 24th, runs directly to New 
Orleans via Cincinnati and Mammoth Cave, and thence, after 
the Mardi Gras festivities, to the Pacific Coast. The fourth and 
fifth, both through California tours, will leave March 24th and 
April 20th respectively. Tourists will travel by superbly-appointed 
special trains of Pullman drawing-room sleeping, dining, smoking, 
and observation cars, under the supervision of a Tourist Agent 
and Chaperon. Residents of New England desiring to join these 
parties are afforded special facilities for taking the special train 
at New York and Philadelphia. The rates for the round trip are 
exceptionally low, and include not only all necessary traveling ex- 
penses efi route to the Pacific Coast and return, but also side trips to 
the attractive resorts in California, and several carriage and stage 
rides of interest. This applies as well to the Mexican tour, where 
the objective point will be the City of Mexico and side trips made 
from there, the rate including every necessary expense as well 
as hotel accommodations and side trips. 

ILLUSTRATED ITINERARIES, 

Containing all detailed information, as well as descriptive notes 
of California, may be procufed by addressing Geo. W. Boyd, 
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa. 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK TOURS. 

During the months of July and August, 1892, the date to be 
definitely announced later, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 
under its personally-conducted tourist system, proposes running 
two distinct tours to the Yellowstone National Park. They will 



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be conducted on the same general principles and maintained at 
that high standard manifested on all the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company's personally-conducted tours. 

These particular tours are designed to consume about two 
weeks, one week of which will be devoted to thoroughly review- 
ing this Natural Park of wonders. 

Detailed plans and information will be made public at an 
early date. 




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